The Beginnings of Architecture: The Eternal Present : A Contribution on Constancy and Change (002) - Couverture souple

Giedion, Sigfried

 
9780691018355: The Beginnings of Architecture: The Eternal Present : A Contribution on Constancy and Change (002)
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ISBN 10 : 0691018359 ISBN 13 : 9780691018355
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1981

Synopsis

An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from an acclaimed architectural historian

In The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.

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À propos de l?auteur

Sigfried Gideon (1888–1968) was an eminent critic and historian of architecture and art who had a major influence on architectural modernism. His books include Space, Time, and Architecture and Mechanization Takes Command. He taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, and ETH Zurich.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1981
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691018359
ISBN 13 
9780691018355
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
604
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